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Richmond County Jail Overview

Richmond County Jail is operated by the Richmond County Sheriff's Office. The jail address published on the official jail-administrator page is 1 Court Street, Rockingham, NC 28379. The facility holds people charged with criminal offenses and detained in the Richmond County Jail, including pretrial detainees, people waiting on bond or court action, and local sentenced inmates who remain in county custody. Sheriff Mark B. Gulledge leads the agency, and the jail division page names Captain David Wall as Jail Administrator.

The official jail page does not publish a current rated capacity, bed count, housing-unit breakdown, or design capacity. The public roster was active in the research capture and showed more than one page of current detainees, but that is a roster display count rather than an official population report. Richmond County also has a state prison in Hoffman, Richmond Correctional Institution, but sentenced state-prison offenders are searched in the NCDAC locator rather than the county jail roster.

The official jail-administrator page at richmondcountysheriff.net/divisions/jail.php identifies Captain David Wall and the jail contact information.

That source is useful because it ties the detention facility to a named administrator, a jail address, and official sheriff contact lines rather than relying on third-party directory listings.

Richmond County Jail Capacity and Population

Richmond County sources reviewed did not publish a current official rated capacity or live average daily population for Richmond County Jail. The safest sourced population facts are narrower: Prisoners of the Census listed Richmond County Jail with a local population of 83 on December 31, 2013; the UNC Criminal Justice Innovation Lab listed Richmond County at 147.1% average jail occupancy for 2019; and the official roster grid inspected on June 23, 2026 displayed 100 rows on the first page with a second page available. None of those figures should be treated as the jail's current capacity.

Those numbers show why Richmond County jail population questions need careful sourcing. Recent regional reporting also described Richmond and Scotland counties considering a regional jail after years of overcrowding, but the captured news excerpt did not provide a current Richmond County capacity figure. For decisions involving a specific detainee, use the roster and jail lines rather than population summaries.

How to Look Up an Inmate at Richmond County Jail

The correct public search for this facility is the official Richmond County Jail webapp. The sheriff's Inmate Information page links to that system and describes the data as detainee criminal charges and bond information. The roster is for Richmond County Jail detainees only. It does not cover sentenced state-prison offenders, federal inmates, or ICE detainees.

1. Open the Richmond County Jail webapp directly or use the sheriff's Inmate Information page and select the official inmate information link.
2. Use the name search first. The webapp's autocomplete begins after two characters, and the Search button submits the name lookup.
3. If the name is unclear, use View all inmates and filter the current inmate grid by full name, age, race, sex, or admit date.
4. For an offense-based search, use the Charges tab or the charge grid, where charge descriptions link back to matching inmate lists.
5. If the person is not listed and may have been sentenced to prison, search the NCDAC Offender Public Information Search instead.

The county roster also has a Days search for recent booking timing. Its visible instruction allows a last-number-of-days search, with a placeholder of 5 and a one-to-four-number entry note. When an arrest is very recent, a delay between intake and public display is possible, so the jail line remains important.

What the Richmond County Jail Roster Shows

The public grid exposes a limited record view. Captured fields included full name, age, race, sex, and admit date. The grid's adaptive detail configuration also identified primary charge and primary charge court type fields. The sheriff's inmate page states that charges and bond information are provided, but the captured static grid did not expose a bond amount column, housing location, booking number, arresting agency, court date, or mugshot column.

Richmond County Jail Address and Contact

Use the jail administrator line or jail line when the roster does not answer a current custody question. The official jail-administrator page lists Captain David Wall at 1 Court Street with phone 910-997-8248 and fax 910-997-8387. The North Carolina Sheriffs' Association profile for Sheriff Mark Gulledge also lists a jail number of 910-997-8265 and the sheriff's office address at 1 Court Street.

The jail address and the Richmond County Judicial Center at 105 W Franklin Street are near one another in central Rockingham, but they are different offices. Call first if the purpose is a visit, a records request, a court hearing, or sheriff administration.

Visiting Someone at Richmond County Jail

Richmond County Jail visitation is handled through iWebVisit and PayTel. The official Inmate Video Visitation page says visitors must register with PayTel before scheduling an on-site standard video visit. The jail has two on-site kiosks. A valid photo identification card is required before entering the visitation area, and no more than three people may use each kiosk.

The visitation source specifically warns that visitors must follow jail and PayTel behavior and dress rules. Violations can end a visit, block an account, suspend an inmate's visitation privileges, or cause future visits to be denied. No recording devices are allowed in the detention center without prior approval by the Jail Administrator.

The PayTel/iWebVisit rules are published on the sheriff's official visitation page at richmondcountysheriff.net/divisions/inmate_video_visitation.php.

That page is the matched source for Richmond County Jail visitation because it names the vendor, the on-site kiosk arrangement, visitor ID rules, and the separate professional visit process.

Mail, Phone, and Money at Richmond County Jail

The research did not locate an official Richmond County Jail page for mail format, commissary deposits, phone pricing, tablet programs, commissary limits, or deposit fees. Do not assume that a third-party deposit vendor is valid for Richmond County Jail unless the jail confirms it. PayTel is documented for video visitation and remote visit funds, not as a complete commissary or phone-fee source in the available county pages.

When mail or money timing matters, use the jail administrator line at (910) 997-8248 or the jail line listed by NCSA at (910) 997-8265. Ask whether the detainee is still in county custody, whether any mail restrictions apply, and which deposit method is accepted before sending funds.

Booking and Intake at Richmond County Jail

A Richmond County booking usually begins after an arrest by the Sheriff's Office, a municipal police department, or another law-enforcement agency. If the person is not immediately released by citation or another process, the person is taken for processing at Richmond County Jail or before a magistrate depending on the legal process. Intake typically includes identity verification, paperwork review, property inventory, fingerprinting and photographs when required, safety or medical screening, and entry into the jail system.

The official roster confirms that Richmond County publishes at least name, age, race, sex, admit date, and primary charge information in the public grid. The sheriff's inmate page states that charge and bond information is supplied for Richmond County Jail detainees and emphasizes that the information is for informational purposes only, not a determination of guilt or innocence. For court case status after booking, check the North Carolina eCourts Portal or the Richmond County Clerk of Superior Court rather than treating the jail roster as the final court record.

When the Jail Roster Is Not Enough

Several lookup systems may be needed when the county roster does not show a person. The NCDAC Offender Public Information Search covers North Carolina state prison offenders, probationers, parolees, inactive offenders, and historical records back to 1972, but NCDAC states that its database does not include county jail information. NC SAVAN and VINELink provide custody-status notifications for county jail inmates, state prisoners, probationers, parolees, and registered sex offenders. Federal custody questions use the BOP inmate locator, while immigration custody questions use ICE's Online Detainee Locator.

No separate official Richmond County work-release annex, municipal jail public roster, federal prison, or ICE detention center was confirmed inside Richmond County in the research. City arrests from Rockingham, Hamlet, Ellerbe, Hoffman, or rural parts of the county may still flow into the county jail roster after booking.

About Richmond County Jail

Richmond County Jail is closely tied to the county government and court district in central Rockingham. The sheriff's office serves a county of about 474 square miles and roughly 46,000 residents. Sheriff Mark B. Gulledge's official biography says he previously worked in the jail as a detention officer and supervisor before serving in patrol and command roles. Captain David Wall's official jail biography lists local law-enforcement work in Ellerbe, correctional work at Morrison Correctional Institution, and later Richmond County Sheriff's Office service as patrol deputy, detective, and captain.

The county jail pages reviewed did not publish a detailed local program list, grievance process, medical-request procedure, mental-health services page, work-release program, or GED and vocational schedule. The documented program-like access is chaplain and pastor visitation, which may be available with prior notice on weekends. State law and administrative rules also provide oversight guardrails for local confinement facilities, including semiannual inspections under G.S. 153A-222.